Data InputΒΆ
Like Vega-Lite's data model, GenomeSpy utilizes a tabular data structure as its fundamental data model, resembling a spreadsheet or database table. Each data set in GenomeSpy is considered to consist of a set of records, each containing various named data fields.
In GenomeSpy, the data
property within a view specification describes the
data source. In a hierarchically composed view
specification, the views inherit the data, which may be further
transformed, from their parent views. However, each
view can also override the inherited data.
Non-indexed eager data, which is fully loaded during the
visualization initialization stage, can be provided as inline data (values
) or
by specifying a URL from which the data can be loaded (url
). Additionally, you
can use a sequence
generator for generating sequences of numbers.
GenomeSpy provides several lazy data sources that load data on-demand in response to user interactions to support large genomic data sets comprising millions of records. These data sources enable easy handling of standard bioinformatic data formats such as indexed FASTA and BigWig.
Furthermore, GenomeSpy enables the creation of an empty data source with a given
name
. This data source can be dynamically updated using the
API, making it particularly useful when embedding
GenomeSpy in web applications.